Re: The Dumbest Generation?

Just had to respond to this. let's just say the author of this book got my blood boiling. I'm not of the generation he is talking about, but the crap he put in his book was more than enough to piss me off. Of course, I go into why in the vid.

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• education
• consumerism

[Hornel66]

I like the way you think. Now stop cursing in front of your boy and go play with him!

[Swordsage]

@Hornel66 *L* Yes sir!

Seriously, I play with my son all the time. And I've cut down considerably on the amount of cursing I do in front of him. He's even told me to "don't say those words daddy!" the few times I've slipped up. :P

[Tamborman99]

1:40...wtf? LOL

[Swordsage]

yeah... been having a lot of those freak sound issues lately... I think it's the sound card.

[TheAmazingAtheist]

I agree with a lot of what you say. The guy is very much a douchebag.

[Swordsage]

Thanks for the comment. I just saw your own answer to the guy... that point you said about shifting cultural norms was spot on. I think I'm going to make a vid commenting on that... that's a really good point to discuss.

[eragonfan4life]

This has been ten minutes of my life spent in total admiration and respect. You, sir, are an example and an excellent role model.

[WondersNassiri]

@pointynose Where are his facts that education has been declining? Me.

 I go to UCLA and have friends from Berkeley as well as UC Davis; we're all losing our minds and drowning in loan debt because of budget cuts to education. Don't even TRY and deny that they're happening. Our tuitions are skyrocketing every three months and the little bit of good public education left is inaccessible to most deserving students because of these prices.

[MeijinKino]

Agreed

[pointynose]

Where are your facts? Bauerlein's argument succeeds because it's based on actual information rather than pure opinion. Where are the facts that support your hypothesis that education has been on a decline? How do you explain Obama's "Race to the Top" program? When did schools stop teaching multiplication? What is the "like grid system"? Could you be anymore vague? For you it's more likely that religion is more misleading than the internet; your opinion isn't very convincing.

[vehlajatt22]

*hits subscribe button*

[Hornel66]

LOL. Kids are the best. 

[llukax]

You raise some very valid points sir. You seem a lot smarter than other people your age.

However, there are some very scary things happening today due to stupidity. It is definitely parent's faults.

While you are contemplating politics, the others are playing nintendo all day. As an intellectual you would probably agree that video games are a waste of time.

[cruyffianslip]

I love hearing this guy's views! He's usually spot on!

[thecupdidit]

nice ending line. ur d man! cant really blame religion bt i dont think u wer. i agree, its pretty much jus exposure. 2much exposure to 2 many concepts, a human can't think on each one and make up their mind-well, the average joe anyway. so they reject all input in hope to hibernate the endless shit out. prob is-its fuken everywer lol and baby boomers-they created this world we live inn bt cnt navig8 thru the masses2find truth like we do dey dnt hav d nowledge so wat they on bout morons lol x s.p